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20
Observations
About New York
Comic Con 2025

Off Panel:
Doc Shaner
on His Comics Life

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Are You Ready for Comic Cons?

Conventions are returning, but are comic creators prepared to come along with?

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So What Does Marvel’s Move to Penguin Random House Actually Mean?

We dig into this massive shift by answering ten key questions related to Marvel’s big play.

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A (Justice) League of Their Own: Fantasy Drafting the Best Comic Baseball Teams Possible

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The Real Story Behind Comic Publisher Names

Where did publisher names come from? What other names were considered? We ponder these questions today.

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Maximum Joker

If there’s an upper limit to the amount of the Clown Prince we can handle, we might be approaching it.

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The King of the Tie-In

Al Ewing is the best in the biz at event tie-ins. Let’s investigate the keys to his kingdom through a quartet of recent examples.

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Milestone revolutionized superhero comics. Can it happen again?

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The Power in Place

On Ram V, psychogeography, and how location can change everything for a good comic.

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What's Next Might Almost Be Here

If 2020 was a year of chaos for the direct market, a new order could come from it. We might be starting to understand what that could look like.

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